Christian Bethancourt homered, doubled and drove in two runs as the Danville Braves defeated the Elizabethton Twins 5-1 Tuesday night to take the three-game series in Elizabethton.
BOX SCORE
Danville 5, Elizabethton 1
Danville 000 030 011 - 5 9 0
Elizabethton000 010 000 - 1 8 1
W: Masters (6-4, 1.69); L: Munoz (4-4, 4.60) HR: DAN: Bethancourt (1)
Chris Masters earned the victory by allowing one run on five hits in five innings. He struck out seven and walked two.
Osman Marval went 3-for-4 with a double and RBI and Riann Spanjer-Furstenburg added a pair of base hits for Danville (37-17), which moved 7 1/2 games ahead of Princeton in the Appalachian League East Division standings with 13 games to play.
On deck
Danville has a day off before beginning a six-game homestand with a three-game series against the Greeneville Astros at 7 p.m. Thursday at Dan Daniel Park.
- Contact Wolf at jwolf@registerbee.com or (434) 791-7996.
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